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Every year I go to the Bronx zoo the day after Thanks Giving for the “Annual Nighttime Holiday Event” in which there are usually Christmas lights in the form of various animals, which I find highly enjoyable.  When I attended the Bronx Zoo on the day after this past Thanks Giving there was no holiday lights!  The nighttime holiday event is now being called the daytime extravaganza.  The Bronx Zoo has ended the holiday light tradition as part of an effort with the Wildlife Conservation Society to decrease their energy output.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Green Team’s goal is to measure and limit greenhouse gas emissions.  The Green Team said that the Bronx Zoo will significantly reduce its carbon output by moving the holiday event to daytime hours.  The electricity saved amounts to approximately sixty-six metric tons of carbon emissions.  Sixty-six metric tones of carbon emissions is equal to the annual emissions from an average three-person household within the United States.  I respect the zoo’s efforts to go green but I miss the lights and they also now charge extra for Congo, which resulted in a upsetting trip to the zoo for me.

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